Emma Ann Cressman

1865 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	Emma Ann Cressman
  Born	20 Feb 1865	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Emma Ann Heller
  Residence	1887	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1887	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00028-2160
  Died	3 May 1939	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Buried	Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I71	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Cressman,   b. 21 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1877, Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Susannah Snyder,   b. 1 Feb 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 1873  (Age 47 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1847	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Heller,   b. 5 Mar 1865, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1892, Elmwood, Bentinck Township, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Leroy "Roy" Heller,   b. 8 Jun 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1910  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Emma Ann Cressman, "was born February 20th, 1865. On October 26th, 1887, she was married to Alexander Heller who was born March 5th, 1865. They resided in Elmwood, Ontario, where he had leased the roller flour mills. On the morning of May 10th, 1892, the boiler of the mills exploded, killing him instantly. They had one son named Leroy. Since Mr. Heller's death the widow resides with her sister in Hanover, Ontario." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 496. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 21. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Alexander Heller Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: George Heller Mother: Augusta Heller Born: abt 1864 Spouse: Emma A Cressman Age: 22 born: Canada Father: Jacob Cressman Mother: Susannah Cressman married 26 Oct 1887 married: Waterloo, Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Nov 1887. 26 Oct 1887 Emma Cressmann of New Dundee and Alexander Heller of St. Jacobs were married by Preacher J.B. Baumann, Berlin. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of Mrs. Emma Ann Heller - May 5 1939 pg. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. [North] Alex Heller/ born Mar. 5, 1865/ died May 10, 1892/ in his 27th yr./ Roy Cressman/ Heller/ born June 8, 1890/ died Jan. 3, 1910/ in his 10th yr./ [West] Emma Cressman/ wife of/ Alex Heller/ born Feb. 20, 1865/ died May 3, 1939/ Heller/ [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 494. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 296. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Rev. Alex'r Richie, Presbyterian Minister, Dumfries pg 78. Jacob Crenman, to Susannah Snyder. 1 Apr 1847, by banns, Rev. Richie, Wit. Samuel Snyder and Abraham Crenman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Feb 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1887 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1887 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Oct 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 1939 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth